Hindustan Petroleum Corporation to Upgrade Mumbai Refinery

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources India (Delhi, India)--Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), India's state-owned refiner, has firmed up its plan to upgrade its 130,000-barrel-per-day (BBL/d) Mumbai Refinery. HPCL has set aside about $50 million for these upgrades.

The upgrade primarily seeks to increase throughput of the crude Unit II to 50,000 BBL/d, from the current 40,000 BBL/d. This will help HPCL process crude with higher sulfur content.

According to HPCL sources, financial closure for this project is expected to be achieved by the first quarter of 2012. This will be followed by a detailed technical study for the upgrade of the crude unit.

HPCL also has moved forward with the Propane De-Asphalting Unit Revamp to increase the capacity from 65 cubic meters per hour to 90 cubic meters per hour. HPCL expects to release the request for proposal for an engineering, procurement and construction firm by the first quarter of 2012.

HPCL currently has a refining capacity of 296,000 BBL/d from its refineries based in Mumbai and Visakhapatnam, with capacities of 130,000 BBL/d and 166,000 BBL/d respectively. HPCL is also working on the 180,000-BBL/d Ratnagiri project, which would boost capacity to 476,000 BBL/d. The refinery is being set up in Maharashtra and is expected to cater to the increasing demand in refined petroleum products in the Western region of the country.

HPCL is also in the process of reviving its $10 billion, 315,000-BBL/d, export-oriented crude oil refinery and 22,500-BBL/d petrochemical plant in Visakhapatnam to target Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern markets.

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